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I860-' 61.] Document No. 29. 3
The Necessary Gun-Making Machinery, &c., for making
5000 guns, complete and erected ready for use, would cost
about $176,000.
The Staff of Officers required, and their salaries, would
be about as follows, viz :
1 Superintendent, per annum, - _ - $3,000
"ister armorer, <<<'---- 3,000
foremen, $1000 each, .
" - - - - 3,000
2 Inspectors, '' " " - - - - 2,000
1 Master mechanic '* - - - - 1,500
The Number of Operatives Required on piece work would
be about 100 ; on day work would be about 30.
Iron of the very best quality to be obtained is required,
and will cost, if imported, about $200 per ton. The descrip-tions
known as the " Marshall " and the " Norway " irons
are the most suitable. Iron of inferior quality entails much
loss in the manufacture of fire arms, and the best quality is
cheapest in the end.
We have no doubt that iron of a suitable quality can be
found in North-Carolina. J. R. A. & Co.
The Quantities and Cost of the materials per gun will
be about as follows :
—
Steel, 3 lbs. at 18 cents, - - - - - $ .54
Iron, 18 " at 8f '' 1.57^
Stock, (rough,) - - - - - - .30
Miscellaneous materials and stores for manufac-ture
proper, _-_--- 1.10^
Materials and stores required for keeping ma-chinery
and tools in repair, - - - - 18 J
Total costs of materials per gun, - - - $3.70